Columnist:

Paul Rockwell

• Columnist for the East Bay Times and The Montclarion in Oakland, California
• Formerly assistant professor of philosophy at Midwestern University
• His essays have appeared in the San Francisco Bay Guardian, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bee, Baltimore Sun, Utne Reader, The Nation, and a host of alternative weeklies
• He appears frequently on the web on Common Dreams and Truthout
• Along with Cindy Sheehan and Todd Ensign, he is a contributor to "10 Reasons Not To Join the Military," published by New Press, and to "The New Revolutionaries," edited by Tariq Ali
• His topics include imperialism and war, racism and affirmative action, justice movement strategy, U.S. war crimes and GI resistance
• For speaking engagements, contact him at: rockyspad@hotmail.com
  

Topics listed here: Outdoor Life, Peace/War, 2008 Presidential Election, Primary, Affirmative Action, Jet Skis, Human/Labor Rights

2020

The Sanders Plan to Overhaul The Criminal Justice System
by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California
Published in In Motion Magazine February 9, 2020


A Look Back At Seven Centrist Defeats
Why Bernie Is More Electable than Any Centrist
by Paul Rockwell
Oakland, California
Published in In Motion Magazine February 9, 2020

2019

• Ella Baker Legacy Energizes Movement for Black Lives
  by Paul Rockwell
  Oakland, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine February 21, 2019

2015

• Deep Ecology and the Implications
  of the Pope’s Encyclical
  A Sermon by Paul Rockwell,
  Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists,
  Berkeley, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine August 16, 2015

2013-14 Outdoor Life

• Green Thumbs, Green Minds In Oakland
  "... the transformation that takes place in a garden"
  by Paul Rockwell
  Oakland, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine December 4, 2014
  
  
• Urban Agriculture Gets Boost in Oakland
  “It’s about empowerment and self-reliance,
  communities growing their own food”
  Victory for Urban Farms and Gardens
  at the Oakland City Council
  Two articles by Paul Rockwell
  Oakland, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine November 8, 2014
  
  
• The Joy of Float Tube Fishing With Kids
  "The float tube is a practical, affordable way
  to bring nature into the lives of urban youth"
  by Paul Rockwell
  Lake Del Valle,
  East Bay Regional Parks, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine August 19, 2013

2011 Human/Labor Rights

• "Go Back to the Fields!"
  The Day SEIU Field Reps Taunted Dolores Huerta
  "¡Regrésate al campo!"
  El Día Que Los Representantes de SEIU Se Burlaron
  by Paul Rockwell
  Oakland, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine October 23, 2011
  
  
• The Kaiser Re-run Election Should Not Be Rushed
  Why A "Cleansing Period" is Needed
  by Paul Rockwell
  Oakland, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine August 27, 2011
  
  
• Kaiser and SEIU Flouted NLRB Rules:
  An Appeal to Overturn the Kaiser Election
  by Steve Early, Ellen David Friedman,
  Paul Rockwell, Cal Winslow
  Oakland, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine April 6, 2011
  
  
• The Labor Trial Of The Decade:
  The NUHW Case for Overturning the Kaiser Election
  by Paul Rockwell
  Oakland, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine - March 27, 2011
  
  
• SEIU: The Trojan Horse Inside the Labor Movement (A book review)
  The Civil Wars In U.S. Labor:
  Birth of a New Workers’ Movement or Death Throes of the Old? A book by Steve Early
  by Paul Rockwell
  Oakland, California
  Published in In Motion Magazine - March 5, 2011

2008 Presidential Election

• McCain’s Deregulated Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost
  Published in In Motion Magazine September 23, 2008
  
  

Peace/War

• Green Jobs For The Unemployed: Obama's New Deal Moment
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 8, 2008
  
  
• McCain’s Deregulated Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost
  Published in In Motion Magazine September 23, 2008
  
  
• Welcome Home, Soldier: Now Shut Up
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 8, 2008
  
  
• “Don’t Shop While The Bombs Drop!”
  Re-thinking Movement Strategy
  Published in In Motion Magazine September 17, 2007
  
  
• “Army Of None” And The Strategy Of Non-Cooperation
  Published in In Motion Magazine June 24, 2007
  
  
• History Will Vindicate The Courage of Lt. Ehren Watada
  Open Letter To General Charles Jacoby, Jr. at Fort Lewis
  Published in In Motion Magazine April 8, 2007
  
  
• Judicial Complicity In U.S. War Crimes
  Lt. Watada Case, A Day Of Reckoning For Our Courts
  Published in In Motion Magazine September 24, 2006
  
  
• A Travesty Of Justice:
  Stop The Court-Martial Of Lt. Watada
  Published in In Motion Magazine September 17, 2006
  
  
• One Excellent Reason Not To Join The Military
  You May Be Ordered To Kill Civilians
  Published in In Motion Magazine April 27, 2006
  
  
• How GI Resistance Altered The Course Of History:
  “Sir, No Sir,” A Timely Film
  Premiers Week of 4/3/2006
  Published in In Motion Magazine April 3, 2006
  
  
• When A Marine Speaks Truth To Power:
  Why I Stand By My Interview With Sgt. Jimmy Massey
  Published in In Motion Magazine January 24, 2006
  
  
• Embedded Journalism At Its Worst:
  (The Ron Harris Smear Campaign Against Marine Sgt. Jimmy Massey)
  Published in In Motion Magazine January 10, 2006
  
  
• How Do We Honor Our Fallen Troops In A Wrongful War?
  Cindy Sheehan’s Uplifting And Soulful Book
  Published in In Motion Magazine November 24, 2005
  
  
• Woman G.I. Takes Stand Against War:
  Katherine Jashinski’s Courage To Resist
  Published in In Motion Magazine November 18, 2005
  
  
• Recruiting Center Shut Down:
  “The Power Of The People Is Now”
  Published in In Motion Magazine October 9, 2005
  
  
• The Trial Of Pablo Paredes and The Constitutional Case For Military Resistance
  Published in In Motion Magazine June 11, 2005
  
  
• Army Reservist Witnesses War Crimes:
  New Revelations about Racism in the Military
  Published in In Motion Magazine April 2, 2005
  
  
• Beyond Elections: Dr. King’s Teachings On Strategy And Tactics
  Published in In Motion Magazine January 11, 2005
  
  
• The Role of Boycotts in the Fight for Peace
  Notes on Post-Election Strategy
  Published in In Motion Magazine November 20, 2004
  
  
• Death By Lying:
  "Military recruiters misled my son, and now he's dead"
  Interview with Sue Neiderer
  Published in In Motion Magazine July 25, 2004
  
  
• Father's Day In War -- From Grief To Protest
  How Peace Loving Fathers Honor Their Fallen Sons
  Interviews with Bill Mitchell and Fernando Suarez del Solar
  Published in In Motion Magazine June 11, 2004
  
  
• Back From Iraq: "I Killed Innocent People For Our Government"
  Interview with Marine Sergeant Jimmy Massey
  Published in In Motion Magazine May 23, 2004
  
  
• U.S. War Crimes in Iraq: A Prima Facie Case
  Respectfully submitted to the International Criminal Court
  Published in In Motion Magazine January 31, 2004
  
  
• Partners in Crime:
  U.S. Complicity in the War Crimes of Saddam
  Published in In Motion Magazine December 29, 2003
  
  
• How Bush Betrayed Our Troops
  Published in In Motion Magazine April 7, 2003
  
  
• No Oil For Blood:
  A Post-War Boycott In The Making
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 30, 2003
  
  
• Presidential War Is Unconstitutional
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 15, 2003
  
  
• Colin Powell: A Hawk With Smooth Talons
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 11, 2003
  
  
• A Timely Book: “Target Iraq: What The News Media Didn't Tell You”
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 2, 2003
  
  
• A Time to Break Silence:
  U.S. complicity in Saddam's crimes against humanity
  Published in In Motion Magazine February 2, 2003
  
  
• When Will We Ever Learn?
  Dr. King’s Forgotten Speech on Peace
  Published in In Motion Magazine January 21, 2003
  
  
• The Forgotten Teachings of Martin Luther King
  Published in In Motion Magazine January 14, 1997
  
  
• Dr. King was Not a Dreamer
  Published in In Motion Magazine February 15, 1996
  

2008 Presidential Election

• When Clinton Promoted Outsourcing
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 25, 2008
  
  
• Clinton's Vote Against A Ban On Cluster Bombs
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 17, 2008
  
  
• Clinton's Duplicity on Michigan, Florida Delegates
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 8, 2008
  
  
• Never Mind the Voters, Here's the Superdelegates
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 8, 2008

Jet Skis

Why Jet Skis Kill
Reckless Endangerment on the Water
Published in In Motion Magazine January 27, 2002

Jet Ski Frenzy:
Must Californians leave the Wilderness in Search of Peace and Quiet?
Published in In Motion Magazine August 16, 2001

• Why Angry White Guys for Affirmative Action
  are Marching to the Supreme Court (2003)
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 11, 2003
  
  
• Affirmative Action Raises Standards
  An Address on Excellence through Diversity
  Published in In Motion Magazine April 26, 1997
  
  
• Ward Connerly perverts the teachings of Dr. King
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 8, 1997
  
  
• Asian American Voices for Affirmative Action
  (Includes statements by Norman Mineta, Rodel Rodis, Henry Der, Mabel Teng, Edwin M. Lee, and Concerned Asian Pacific Students for Action.)
  Published in In Motion Magazine 1997
  
  
• How Media Turned Dr. King into an Opponent of Affirmative Action
  Published in In Motion Magazine October 23, 1996
  
  
• CCRI Stabs Women in the Back
  The Stealth Clause: Clause C
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 17, 1996
  
  
• "I cannot, in good conscience, oppose affirmative action."
  Press Statement from Angry White Guys for Affirmative Action
  in opposition to the CCRI
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 5, 1996
  
  
• Four Affirmative Action Myths
  Published in In Motion Magazine December 20, 1995
  
  
• Affirmative Action Triumphs -
  The Untold Stories
  Published in In Motion Magazine December 20, 1995
  
  
• Who Really Gets Preference in the Media?
  Published in In Motion Magazine December 20, 1995
  
  
• Stories from Sacramento
  Affirmative Action Means Equal Opportunity
  Published in In Motion Magazine March 8, 1997
  
  
• Affirmative Action Resolution:
  Model for City Councils
  Published in In Motion Magazine December 20, 1996
  
  
• University of California Regents and Conflict of Interest
  Published in In Motion Magazine September 2, 1995

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